Fun stuff to do

You know what I find enjoyable? thumbing through photoblogs. Ones that have pictures of all kinds, from every walk of life and all around the world. They don't have to be the best quality photos, but each one tells its own tale and brings up different thoughts and feelings.

Each blog has a life of its own. Well obviously, someone has to be posting that stuff. But it also takes on its own path and tells a story.

Good ones are always hard to find mostly because good is a relative term at least as far as blogs go. Finding one you can connect with can be difficult, but I think it is at least worth the effort to locate one.

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I need to figure out some topics of conversation that people are willing to talk about and that I am willing to talk about. Honestly there is so much random stuff floating around in my head, it's easier to let it stay there and contemplate it later. And whenever I try to share, people either don't seem to care about it or want to talk about it right way. I can say I am guilty of this also, especially if it is a new topic. I feel I have to go and research it more before I can give an answer either way, but then that topic never seems to come up again.

I wonder if stating that I have no idea would be an acceptable response or if it's just okay to let people run themselves out and change topics, I mean it has worked fine so far. Sometimes people need to process what is on their mind, and that is okay too.

I think it would be better to have a close friend to do some give and take though. A personal peer review if you will of ideas. Being able to have a different viewpoint on an idea is important in any creative process. Watching freddiew behind the scenes for VGHS on youtube kind of brings this to light. Even the writers explain that during production they have to stop and kind of brainstorm on what is going on and what they could do to do better.

In the real world I see myself do this, but on an internal basis. It may make me look slow to act, and maybe it does make me so, but I would rather be sure of my current path then constantly questioning what I am walking on. Not that it helps every time.

Some people take the warriors method to life and just charge into everything first and question it later. That is fine too, sometimes you need to be a man of action. Sometimes I play that role and get complimented for it, most of the time though I just let things play out. Watch others fumble through the thought process and let them mess up if they have to, to learn. Not because I feel I am a know it all, much of the time I don't know either. But even if i do know, telling at people doesn't help most of the time. People need to do stuff wrong many times before they learn it is wrong. Telling them otherwise just makes you seem like a know it all and they do it anyway - more of a waste of energy. (maybe not so if you are their respected teacher/master)

Gentle talking afterwards seems to get the point across better - because it seems to solidify the learning experience for them. Seems to be an appropriate path that parent/children take. Although it is not applicable in all situations. It would seem like a bad idea to let them get run over by a car before telling them no.

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But I ramble.

Later